This time of the year is wonderful for fresh produce. We are in the middle of the asparagus season, the allotment is already producing lots of spinach, delicate kale and the first strawberries are ripe.
It seems the garden of England is full of strawberries and I can’t stop eating them. I got carried away and bought three punnets, ok there was a deal and who doesn’t love a good bargain?
I wanted to use some of the strawberries for something savory. I had some chicken thighs and decided to see if I could make a barbecue sauce. It is barbecue season and I thought it would be great to try something new.
Strawberries are sweet but they can also have a slight hint of tart in the flavor and I thought this would work.
I had an Ancho chile, I took a red dried chili and a garlic clove and got to work.
Strawberry and Ancho chili barbecue sauce
preparation time 10 minutes
cooking time 8 minutes
serves 4
Ingredients
- 6 strawberries, chopped
- 1 dried Ancho Chile
- 1 garlic clove, peeled and chopped
- 1 dried red chile
- 1/2 dl or 1/4 cup runny honey, possibly more to taste
- zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
Slice the chilies and cover with boiling water. Let them soak for 5-10 minutes.
Chop the strawberries and the garlic clove. Place in a blender and blend until smooth. Add the lemon zest, juice and the soaked chilies. Blend again until smooth.
Place all of the ingredients in a pan with the honey and cook for 8 minutes. Taste and see if you want to add more honey. Let the sauce cool.
The sauce is dark in color and is rich and complex in flavor.
I had more strawberries and thought I would do sun dried strawberries. Well, there wasn’t quite enough sun so I made them in the oven. I had a couple of flat peaches so I sun dried them as well at the same time.
Sun dried rosemary strawberries
preparation time 5 minutes
cooking time 40-45 minutes
oven 130C or 266F
serves 4-6
Ingredients
- 12 strawberries, cut in quarters
- 2 flat peaches, not fully ripe, de stoned and chopped
- 1 sprig of rosemary, the leaves only, chopped
- a good pinch of sumac
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Place the strawberries and cut up peaches in a bowl. Add rosemary, sumac and olive oil, make sure the strawberries and peaches are coated.
Spread the strawberries and peaches on an oven tray and roast. They are ready when they start to caramelize in the edges. Taste along the way and leave them to cool once cooked until you are ready to serve.
Strawberry Ancho chile Chicken
preparation time 5 minutes + time to marinate
cooking time 40 minutes + 15 minutes resting
oven 175C or 347F
serves 3-4
Ingredients
- 8 chicken thighs
- 1 red onion, cut in half
- 4 tbsp strawberry and Ancho chile barbecue sauce
Coat the chicken with the barbecue sauce. If you have time leave them to marinade over night. I could only leave them for 20 minutes and that worked as well. Brush the onion with the barbecue sauce.
Bake the chicken thighs in the oven for about 40 minutes or until the juices are running clear when pierced.
Garnish the chicken with the sun dried strawberries before serving.
I served the chicken with rice and a tomato sauce. The dish was all about flavor and the barbecue sauce is a keeper!
I want to share this recipe and am bringing it to Angie’s Fiesta Friday. There are so many delicious recipes, come and join us! This week the lovely Monika, Everyday Healthy Recipes and Suzanne, A Pug In The Kitchen are co hosting!
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That is a very cool BBQ sauce!!! Very inventive 🙂
hi Elaine
Thank you! Super easy to make and you get an instant BBQ feeling 🙂
Lovely!
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Thank you for the re blog! 🙂 xx
Very nice Petra ❤️
hi Zeba
Thank you so much! 🙂 x
Wonderful sauce!
hi Megala
Thank you so much! 🙂 I hope you have a good week ahead!
The use of strawberries is a real surprise, can’t imagine the taste but I bet it is really a wonderful explosion of flavours 😀
hi Chef Kreso
It was a pure experiment, the strawberry had a sweetness but it is countered by the hint of smokiness from the Ancho chile. Depending on what you eat the strawberry flavor will be more or less prominent, quite interesting 🙂
Have a great week!
Sounds really flavourful, great idea for an experiment, a real inspiration! Hope you’ll have a nice week too 😊
Strawberries and chilli is a great combo 🙂
Very clever Petra – love it!
hi Laura
Thank you! So easy to make and so much flavor 🙂
This bbq sauce sounds delicious and is very creative. I love the addition of the strawberries. Thank you for sharing with Fiesta Friday:)
hi Monika
I am glad you like it! Thank you for co hosting! 🙂
What a unique way to use up extra strawberries! Now that PYO season has started I’ll have to try this recipe!
Hi Meg
I hope you try it and that you’ll like it as much as I did! 🙂
Wow, amazing and interesting combination! Great inspiration. Thank you 🙂
hi Vero
It is super quick and easy, I hope you give it a go 🙂
Hi Petra, I will definitely. We love to do bbq 🙂 Let’s say, proper Mexican one and this can be really nice part of it!
A proper Mexican barbecue sounds incredible! I hope you will try it and like it as much as I do! 🙂
I will share my experience! ❤️
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Recipe which looks cool and amazing and I want to share! It is definitely on the list for our next Mexican BBQ 🙂
Hey, thank you for the re blog! x
I really love the combination, it’s great! ❤️
The recipe sounds delicious 🙂
Hi Liucija
Thank you. I hope you will try it, it is so quick and has so much flavor. 🙂
Savory and sweet, I love the combination you came up. Great recipe!
Hello! thank you for stopping by! Am glad you like it! So easy and so much flavor 🙂